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in wilson did. he would come back sometimes four or five times a day, said at the desk, grab senators when i walked up the senate floor, sit them down, have discussions. he would run a little classroom sometimes. the professor never leaving him use the this part of his personal life now influencing his professional life. and he got these things past. and so we now have you see, a new mode of governance. now, he did keep a set of world war i for a couple of years. he famously banned -- the war broke out in the summer of 1914. he kept this up until 1917. he ran for reelection in 1916 on the slogan he kept us out of war, but rather famously on april 2nd, nate 17, wilson gave his speech to a joint session of congress. and here's what he said to them. there is one line in this one speech. it may be the most important foreign-policy speech ever given. our foreign policy to this day, to this week, to president obama talking a week ago about our role in syria are not powerful in syria, whether there should
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the president wilson house and the wilson international or center for scholars. >> the woodrow wilson international center for scholars aims to unite the world of ideas and policies by linking scholarship to issues of concern to washington. congress established the center in 1968 as the official national memorial to president wilson. unlike the physical monuments in the nation's capital, it is a living memorial whose work and scholarship commemorates, quote, the ideals and concerns of woodrow wilson. as both a distinguished scholar and national reader, president wilson felt strongly that the scholar and policy maker were both engaged in a common enterprise. the center takes seriously the views to bridge the gap between the world of ideas and the world of policy, enriching the work of both and enabling each to learn from the other. this series, wilson then and now, is our effort to make wilson and his period more central to that creative contact between ideas and practice in national and global affairs. in a grateful and inclusive way, we seek to highlight work on wilson and his time t
the president wilson house and the wilson international or center for scholars. >> the woodrow wilson international center for scholars aims to unite the world of ideas and policies by linking scholarship to issues of concern to washington. congress established the center in 1968 as the official national memorial to president wilson. unlike the physical monuments in the nation's capital, it is a living memorial whose work and scholarship commemorates, quote, the ideals and concerns of...
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wilson and the doctor. and as a result in large measure of all that, we now have a 25th amendment to the constitution. >> is product not only of the south, but of the deep south. during an era when they are in the ascendancy of politics. .. >> he was an racist that being said i don't think he was a veer lant racist if we can have grades of racism. his real feelings about sugration was he believed the country wasn't ready to integrate. he had it will take a generation or two before this country can deal with that problem. which would put you somewhere in the mid-1950s. that being said, did he show the process? probably a good bet. and i would say he didn't want the revolution that did occur in the '50s and '60s to occur on his watch. and i will through in another political point, and we must end it here, it was this point that wilson realized he needed the complete backing of the democratic party that included the vast block of one third of the senate and congress which were southern democrats. he remained t
wilson and the doctor. and as a result in large measure of all that, we now have a 25th amendment to the constitution. >> is product not only of the south, but of the deep south. during an era when they are in the ascendancy of politics. .. >> he was an racist that being said i don't think he was a veer lant racist if we can have grades of racism. his real feelings about sugration was he believed the country wasn't ready to integrate. he had it will take a generation or two before...
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it is wilson. wrote a book on woodrow wilson for a series on the presidents i discovered a wilson. i didn't know very romantic very emotional very deep feeling i'm discovering. who edith really is i'm working with molly on her book and like first lady's memoirs. her memoirs fascinating and that third picture there on the right. i've been to the library of congress and i've read her papers, especially edith's papers when she was trying to put this memoir together, and i've learned a lot from all of this next please. i'll write my first point. you can't understand edith wilson if you don't understand woodrow wilson's attitude towards women. this is a very sensitive topic now if i say wilson women most people will say like that wonderful picture. i found these kaiser wilson he was against the constitutional amendment giving the women the right to vote at least for a long time. he was president. this makes you think that wilson is a kind of dour figure who hates women doesn't want them to succeed has has nothing to do with them or nothing too good to say about them. quite a discovered.
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wilson comes in. she, and handful of doctors, engaged in which i consider the greatest white house conspiracy in history. because three or four people decided they would never tell anybody the president had suffered a stroke. and so for the last year and a half of the wilson administration, for all intents and purposes, edith became the first female president of the united states. [laughter] yes, yes. [laughter] bring it on. she was making no decisions on her own, she insisted. she said she was merely a steward but nobody saw the president of the thousand of people who want to see him, nobody saw him. the handful only of that without passing through miss wilson. all the documents and things that required signatures, commissions, whatever memorandum. nothing appeared before the president of the united states' eyes until mrs. wilson decided what and when the president would act upon it. so she became a pretty supportive wife. >> i guess so. if i can underscore something scott said which i said earlier b
wilson comes in. she, and handful of doctors, engaged in which i consider the greatest white house conspiracy in history. because three or four people decided they would never tell anybody the president had suffered a stroke. and so for the last year and a half of the wilson administration, for all intents and purposes, edith became the first female president of the united states. [laughter] yes, yes. [laughter] bring it on. she was making no decisions on her own, she insisted. she said she was...
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wilson had a law degree. so did lodge. wilson had written histories so had lodge. someone more extroverted than wilson would have tried to build on the common ground i think but not wilson. and he might have shied away because lodge had one edge over him that there was no way he could like get a leg up on him. wilson had taught government at princeton and elsewhere and he'd written about it but before his election as president he'd served in elective office for only two years as governor of new jersey. lodge had been in the senate for 20 years when wilson turned up in washington. so wilson did nothing to cultivate lodge. wilson in that regard was the polar opposite of lbj and bill clinton who were famous for walking into georgetown parties and going straight for somebody sometimes a politicians sometimes of journalists. who disagreed with them? both lbj and clinton wanted to win that person over. wilson was not that sort of fellow. he was guarded. had no idea how to schmooze. his first biographer who knew him well notice that he never took the initiative in making
wilson had a law degree. so did lodge. wilson had written histories so had lodge. someone more extroverted than wilson would have tried to build on the common ground i think but not wilson. and he might have shied away because lodge had one edge over him that there was no way he could like get a leg up on him. wilson had taught government at princeton and elsewhere and he'd written about it but before his election as president he'd served in elective office for only two years as governor of new...
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wilson." >> thank you for that great introduction and welcome to this great book fair now in its 30th year. let's hear it for at wardrobe and mitchell caplan. [applause] doris kearns goodwin and scott heard it's wonderful to have you here and welcome to miami. this is our premier annual cultural events so it's great to have you here. you both have written books about presidents who are part of the progressive era. really, it was really started by eva roosevelt. of course he was affectionately known as teddy so doris kearns goodwin how did he start the progressive era and what propelled him to act? and what were his successes that are still with us today? >> i may indeed call him teddy even though he didn't like to be called teddy that but i think he has lost that data with history so teddy roosevelt came into power at a time when really the aspects of the industrial age had not been dealt with since the civil war. there was no real worker's compensation. women and children were exploited in t
wilson." >> thank you for that great introduction and welcome to this great book fair now in its 30th year. let's hear it for at wardrobe and mitchell caplan. [applause] doris kearns goodwin and scott heard it's wonderful to have you here and welcome to miami. this is our premier annual cultural events so it's great to have you here. you both have written books about presidents who are part of the progressive era. really, it was really started by eva roosevelt. of course he was...
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do you know people wilson? and i said yes, i know pete wilson . he said some very nice things about the president lately and the president wants to meet him. he's going to be at a fundraiser at jeff palmer's house tuesday, can you get the wilson there and i said absolutely i can get to their . i'm not entirely stupid, i had to call peter gail here but i got off the phone and said i hope they're in town. so i called pete and he and gail were game so we showed up early at jeff's house with another former wilson intern, my law partner stephen parson so we hung out in the holding area and went up to the holding room with the president and the president wasn't very interested in me, he was interested in pete, saying great things about me. you're terrific pete and p, you did a good job asgovernor . so that was great and the president got out of all this , not going to hear about me and the president said you have a minute so we walked next door to jeff palmer's bedroom and the secret serviceman clear the bedroom and we started talking and he was looking
do you know people wilson? and i said yes, i know pete wilson . he said some very nice things about the president lately and the president wants to meet him. he's going to be at a fundraiser at jeff palmer's house tuesday, can you get the wilson there and i said absolutely i can get to their . i'm not entirely stupid, i had to call peter gail here but i got off the phone and said i hope they're in town. so i called pete and he and gail were game so we showed up early at jeff's house with...
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wilson as commander-in-chief. [laughter] so many started to think about his record in office as highly successful, then the terrible last years. it is a mixed legacy so i was a student of character and wanted to know why that happened. >> the last years there have been other books that have come out of well acclaimed biographies of wilson. how do you think of your book in context? >> they are quite different you can tell when you write biography active real graffiti of major figures. cooper's is a political historian and a very, very good biographer as well and he concentrates more on the politics and he tries to cover a lot more ground. i chose my focused of moralists to concentrate on the events that i could tie to the notion of him as a person equally principal. but scott's book is a little bit like mine he does have a focal point of christianity. and to work that out in great detail. i thought more on --dash wilson's morality was much more than civic ideals. so i just wanted to add that civic ideal picture. >>
wilson as commander-in-chief. [laughter] so many started to think about his record in office as highly successful, then the terrible last years. it is a mixed legacy so i was a student of character and wanted to know why that happened. >> the last years there have been other books that have come out of well acclaimed biographies of wilson. how do you think of your book in context? >> they are quite different you can tell when you write biography active real graffiti of major...
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wilson comes in. she and a handful of doctors engaged in what i consider the greatest white house conspiracy in history because three or four people decided they would never tell anybody the president had suffered a stroke. and so for the last year and a half of the wilson administration, for all intensive purposes, edith bolen golfs wilson became the first female president of the united states. [laughter] yes, yes, bring it on. she was making no decisions on her own chances but she said she was merely a steward, but nobody saw the president of the thousands of people who wanted to see him. nobody saw him. it a handful if that without passing through mrs. wilson all the documents and the things that required signatures, commissions memorandums. nothing appeared before the president of the united states eyes until mrs. wilson decided what and when the president would act upon it. so she became a pretty supportive wife. >> i guess so. if i could just underscore something that scott said which i said ear
wilson comes in. she and a handful of doctors engaged in what i consider the greatest white house conspiracy in history because three or four people decided they would never tell anybody the president had suffered a stroke. and so for the last year and a half of the wilson administration, for all intensive purposes, edith bolen golfs wilson became the first female president of the united states. [laughter] yes, yes, bring it on. she was making no decisions on her own chances but she said she...
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but he makes the speeches if wilson had read them it was a game plan for this treaty that wilson was not paying any attention so wilson brings the treaty home and goes to the senate and the senate drags its feet for a long time and republicans are speaking out against the treaty the covenant of the league of nation was part of the treaty that was the sticking point for the senate because they overcommitted the united states sending troops to every war from now until kingdom come. so wilson goes on a speaking tour going over the heads of the senate to explain to the american people why the united states should play a major par part, why it would be good for the world and then people would write their senators and this would change the minds of the constituency. wilson was not in good health at this moment it's very bad to read his speeches because he is clearly failing and in the middle of this or two thirds of the way through he collapsed and had to go back to washington then after he got home he had a major stroke that paralyzed his right side forever. and he could not lead the figh
but he makes the speeches if wilson had read them it was a game plan for this treaty that wilson was not paying any attention so wilson brings the treaty home and goes to the senate and the senate drags its feet for a long time and republicans are speaking out against the treaty the covenant of the league of nation was part of the treaty that was the sticking point for the senate because they overcommitted the united states sending troops to every war from now until kingdom come. so wilson goes...
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only when fdr came back that wilson came into office, that wilson began to be remembered, but even at that time he was desentice build the intellectual elite. want at the letman, george canyon, john main understand keynes, the list good coo go on. also disliked by, as time went on, the left, in the united states. they saw him as a person who actually was talking about peace and democracy as a front for economic interests abroad with a strong military. in other words kind of a marxist approach. widespread in american universities in the 1960s, particularly into the 1970s. but the right didn't like him, either. the right didn't like him because he was for strong government and because he -- well, if your a realize, he seemed too idealistic and too much of a moralist. the bottom line on this was that wilson was simply not appreciated and most recently has been opposed by african-americans. those who have followed "black lives matter," they know there were occupations at princeton where wilson was a student, then a professor, and then president, until early in the 20th 20th century. he wa
only when fdr came back that wilson came into office, that wilson began to be remembered, but even at that time he was desentice build the intellectual elite. want at the letman, george canyon, john main understand keynes, the list good coo go on. also disliked by, as time went on, the left, in the united states. they saw him as a person who actually was talking about peace and democracy as a front for economic interests abroad with a strong military. in other words kind of a marxist approach....
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, the history and me moment of woodrow wilson, to tell us what woodrow wilson confronted and how and the development of his own thinking in the world he lived inch professor tony smith has done more than anything to tell us why this matters. frankly, every president since wilson -- not a question for them of whether or not they are wilsonian but rather much. in fact the question that an nateed woodrow wilson, promotion of democracy, guides american foreign policy and might say haunt american foreign policy. what woodrow wilson said helps drive america today. which i why i am particularly pleased to have the author of this book "why will son matters" is a darn good book to come here and explain it to us and then buy your own copy. so without further adieu, professor something i, the under is yours. >> i think everything is working. i think jeff said kind of introduced me in a way that introduced my family, who i'm happy to see here tonight. my sister and i grew up in richland hills in heart of the metroplex, and my friend karen thrasher-jones, who is here, used to go with me to louans
, the history and me moment of woodrow wilson, to tell us what woodrow wilson confronted and how and the development of his own thinking in the world he lived inch professor tony smith has done more than anything to tell us why this matters. frankly, every president since wilson -- not a question for them of whether or not they are wilsonian but rather much. in fact the question that an nateed woodrow wilson, promotion of democracy, guides american foreign policy and might say haunt american...
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wilson put him in the other better and when house got up in the morning, he realized that wilson had gotten up even earlier, much earlier than he was accustomed to so he could use the bathroom and be out of his guest way. i found that extraordinary. he is a man who was burdened by what is happening in the world with the world war, and also meeting his wife of 31 years. he was a snoozer, good world word world was in. he liked making conversation, he would rather not so he has this repertoire of things that he does. he was shy so he knew many limericks. he would also read after dinner, relax him to read to his family. your father is the president in your home, your having dinner with the family, hoping to talk to your dad about what he's doing but he's in the mood to read. he's not in the mood to talk. his unusual personality. when he became owner of new jersey in 1910, he liked being courted by democratic leaders. but he could not bring himself to court down. he didn't court friendship either. he was afraid of being rejected or liking someone more than he would be liked back. he never
wilson put him in the other better and when house got up in the morning, he realized that wilson had gotten up even earlier, much earlier than he was accustomed to so he could use the bathroom and be out of his guest way. i found that extraordinary. he is a man who was burdened by what is happening in the world with the world war, and also meeting his wife of 31 years. he was a snoozer, good world word world was in. he liked making conversation, he would rather not so he has this repertoire of...
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it's true that wilson worried. but more importantly wilson solomon and his revolution is a symptom affecting human affairs at that moment. it went beyond russia and europe into the politics of america itself. wilson's perception of the threats that would impose grist out of his analysis of the challenge facing the united states domestically in his time. what do i mean? wilson became a political agent what we know as the gilded age. in nature profound historical -- if you wanted to sum it up here include rapid globalization large-scale immigration and sweeping technological changes, root and finally, a steep rise in inequality with attended straits. in short, his time was not unlike her own. looking at all that in serving that landscape wilson worried about the decline of democracy in america in the face of the growth of unaccountable power held in hands of the few. he was thinking of the great financial -- of the era. he's worried about dangerous -- at home. i depicted this on the right with j.p. morgan and worried
it's true that wilson worried. but more importantly wilson solomon and his revolution is a symptom affecting human affairs at that moment. it went beyond russia and europe into the politics of america itself. wilson's perception of the threats that would impose grist out of his analysis of the challenge facing the united states domestically in his time. what do i mean? wilson became a political agent what we know as the gilded age. in nature profound historical -- if you wanted to sum it up...
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pete wilson precision. courage and commitment pete wilson doing things for other people doing something important and then to champion the american dream. [applause] >> governor wilson joined me after one —- up here. [applause] [cheers and applause] >> it's an honor to do this that i am on your schedule i will stay in your schedule. we could've had three rooms. and then to have a talent for loyal staff but i want to ask how do you figure out who you hire so they still come 30 years after and still applied for you? >> that is a line i cannot resist i/o and enormous debt of gratitude to someone that was with me for the first 28 years and was a yelling and eight on —- san diego state graduate work for me that he did such a terrific job but then offered a job that i cannot begin to imagine. and as a friend of mine and then said okay were the guy that he let me have. [cheers and applause] it was almost genius. it was the same policy and personable the policy if you are good at it. and then he hands a gift mo
pete wilson precision. courage and commitment pete wilson doing things for other people doing something important and then to champion the american dream. [applause] >> governor wilson joined me after one —- up here. [applause] [cheers and applause] >> it's an honor to do this that i am on your schedule i will stay in your schedule. we could've had three rooms. and then to have a talent for loyal staff but i want to ask how do you figure out who you hire so they still come 30...
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wilson, they think internationalism is a very sorry substitute for nationalism but wilson, this is a quote, the greatest nationalist is the man who wants his nation to be the greatest nation in the greatest nation is the nation which penetrates among the nations of the world. that is a very grand ambition. according to wilson, you couldn't be a good nationalists unless you were a good internationalist. you had to have the fate of the world on your side. they find himself in the fight of his life and he goes off on the speaking tour of the country, they had always worked for him in the past, and he thanks i'm going to get the people all excited about the league of nations, they will write their senators and the senate will actually have to pass this treaty, but americans didn't really feel that way. there were much more inclined by the argument which was, for a hundred plus years we've been on our own, we've thrived, we've grown prosperous, were democratic, why should we risk this for something that has not been tried so wilson comes home, he collapsed on his tour and he came home in
wilson, they think internationalism is a very sorry substitute for nationalism but wilson, this is a quote, the greatest nationalist is the man who wants his nation to be the greatest nation in the greatest nation is the nation which penetrates among the nations of the world. that is a very grand ambition. according to wilson, you couldn't be a good nationalists unless you were a good internationalist. you had to have the fate of the world on your side. they find himself in the fight of his...
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but woodrow wilson was a southerner. everybody in his, you know, large number of the people in his cabinet were southerners. it was part of the culture of his time and his administration. thank you. yes, ma'am. >> that's not on? >> yes. >> thank you for writing this book. it's very interesting. and my question is, what happened to edith after his death? was there some sort of federal support or pension for her to care for her or what happened? >> good question. she lived for 38 more years. at the time she died in 1961, she was 89. and by the way, she died on woodrow wilson's birthday which kind of gives me goose bumps. but there was no definite policy about giving pensions to the widows of presidents. they had to be negotiated kind of on a year by year basis. i think eventually they were established. but in the beginning, it was a little bit dicey. she, of course, had been quite wealthy before she married woodrow. she had that flourishing jewelry star although that kind of took a hit during the depression and she had eco
but woodrow wilson was a southerner. everybody in his, you know, large number of the people in his cabinet were southerners. it was part of the culture of his time and his administration. thank you. yes, ma'am. >> that's not on? >> yes. >> thank you for writing this book. it's very interesting. and my question is, what happened to edith after his death? was there some sort of federal support or pension for her to care for her or what happened? >> good question. she lived...
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a under the wilson law. for speaking sedition sleep . and when he was delivering a speech, said annoying going to be arrested for this note tell you, i have the speech at least 20 times, keep looking for this addition. just can't find it. it was basically telling the people, some workers that this was a capitalist war and they did not have to be cannon fodder in it. but for that he was arrested and was put in jail . and he was found guilty in the cayman nonexistent nine - zero news in prison this will tell you a lot about will drop wilson. for now over, woodrow was in his heavy stockings in the white house is about to leave the white house and people in his government, is very attorney general who basically had like this time jill came him and said mr. president, and no man now a sick service time. the wars over. he is clearly not in danger any longer. here's the pardon all ready for you just have to put your signature on it . and with the signature ♪ ♪ will supply the pen and wrote denied. you didn't cr
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wilson refused to do that. and so you have this set of preconditions, you know, leading up to the lusitania sinking. now, there was a wide range of of opinion on on the different sides of these different disputes, whether the united states should or should not forbid the exportation and sale of weapons of war. whether the federal government should or should not warn americans against traveling on these ships, that if they did so, they did it at their own risk. wilson took this series of positions that left him in a very unstable position in terms of policy. after the lusitania went down because theodore roosevelt called for war immediately and will soon. certainly didn't want that. but in the summer of 1915, because of the lusitania sinking, he decided that his earlier opposition to preparedness legislate and had been a mistake and he authorized the war in navy departments in the summer of 1915 to begin drafting preparedness measures and these were put into shape in the autumn of 1915. and then in january 1916,
wilson refused to do that. and so you have this set of preconditions, you know, leading up to the lusitania sinking. now, there was a wide range of of opinion on on the different sides of these different disputes, whether the united states should or should not forbid the exportation and sale of weapons of war. whether the federal government should or should not warn americans against traveling on these ships, that if they did so, they did it at their own risk. wilson took this series of...
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which it was, with woodrow wilson. also pictures the opposition, possibly excluding -- who was unforgiving of the man who deprived him of his third term. but lodge gets full and fair treatment. and then in paris, after the war, also, are treated will. it is hard not to admire a guy wwho, after, wilson released 1 points, said, in god only -- [laughter] the real problem of course is not the number of points are and do the impossible idealism but the attempt to sell the inevitable compromises, vengeance and power of politics. at the peace conference. it's a legitimate offspring of idealism. in the opponents is a rational self interested in ultimately agents of darkness. to do that will take a larger step backwards of any american president into two most important ways, race relations and civil liberties. and yet, john lucas may still be right. remember that harry truman, our president, of course, who may have been in one or two or even all three of the audiences in the three kansas city speeches i mentioned, and harry, ha
which it was, with woodrow wilson. also pictures the opposition, possibly excluding -- who was unforgiving of the man who deprived him of his third term. but lodge gets full and fair treatment. and then in paris, after the war, also, are treated will. it is hard not to admire a guy wwho, after, wilson released 1 points, said, in god only -- [laughter] the real problem of course is not the number of points are and do the impossible idealism but the attempt to sell the inevitable compromises,...
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to wilson. he never forgot his sudden this, never forgot how the war affected even agusta which was really scared, could i say sherman's name? was scared the torch but nonetheless wilson saw his father's church turned into a hospital, saw a lot of neighbors come home maimed if they came home at all. wilson carried all the stuff with him for the rest of his life and it is going to affect him deeply when as president of the united states he is going to remember back what war can do, the deprivations of war, the degradation of war, the devastation of war, and wilson is going to use this to keep america out of world war i for three years until he can hold back no more. so this southernness plays an important part in wilson's life. i should add that he later opened a law office in atlanta for a brief while, rather unsuccessfully but it was while he was down in georgia having gone north, by no. i mean beyond atlanta, while he was down here he met a woman named ellen act some --axom who was living in r
to wilson. he never forgot his sudden this, never forgot how the war affected even agusta which was really scared, could i say sherman's name? was scared the torch but nonetheless wilson saw his father's church turned into a hospital, saw a lot of neighbors come home maimed if they came home at all. wilson carried all the stuff with him for the rest of his life and it is going to affect him deeply when as president of the united states he is going to remember back what war can do, the...
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then seeing those two guys who did it. >> did you know ben wilson? did you know him? >> reporter: after the shooting cousins billy moore and omar dixon were taken into custody charged with murder and attempted robbery. moore was later sentenced to 40 years for pulling the trigger and dixon 30 years as his accomplice. on the day that benji died his simeon teammates decided to play their first game of the season without no. 25. earlier in the day students sobbed at simeon simply overwhelmed with grief, but benji's mother stood tall in the gymnasium. >> so today i speak in love of all of you who keep benji's memory and dignity and be strength v and strength and love alive -- strength and love alive. >> reporter: the wake was held on the gymnasium floor and 8,000 people came to see benji lying in his no. 25 jersey. the line stretched blocks outside of the school, mourners waited seven hours. >> i still have dreams about him like, you know, he came back and he was able to play again, but just dreams. >> sometimes i sit down and, you know, when i'm going through things, you
then seeing those two guys who did it. >> did you know ben wilson? did you know him? >> reporter: after the shooting cousins billy moore and omar dixon were taken into custody charged with murder and attempted robbery. moore was later sentenced to 40 years for pulling the trigger and dixon 30 years as his accomplice. on the day that benji died his simeon teammates decided to play their first game of the season without no. 25. earlier in the day students sobbed at simeon simply...
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fdr and lbj had a legislative record as impressive as wilson wilson's. all these things had been talked about for a long timeme and also he had control of the votes that i think that his moral arguments also contributed to these victories and made it difficult for congress tot approach him without sounding in moral or less than he was. i was intrigued by these for another reason they were purchased in a kind of immoral bargain. the southerners in the house and thee senate realized that this expansion of federal authority might ultimately interfere with states rights, states laws enforcing segregation and white supremacy and they didn't want the federal government mandating an end to that kind of thing so they asked the wilson administration and his two handlers in congress he said we want both of these things but in exchange we want the civil-service segregated so this is a huge blow to those that have supported him in 1912 and it infuriated black leaders and white northern liberals who supported wilson because they thought he was genuinely progressive a
fdr and lbj had a legislative record as impressive as wilson wilson's. all these things had been talked about for a long timeme and also he had control of the votes that i think that his moral arguments also contributed to these victories and made it difficult for congress tot approach him without sounding in moral or less than he was. i was intrigued by these for another reason they were purchased in a kind of immoral bargain. the southerners in the house and thee senate realized that this...
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be in wilson -- in wilson's time, women, it was unthinkable that a woman could be a minister. now there are many presbyterian ministers just as there are many women rabbis. the same is true now of homosexual ministers in the presbyterian church and in the episcopalian church and in reformed judaism too. so what we see then is a way in which the constitution changes over time. now, if you look at -- i have a definition of the covenant that comes from ryan hold -- brother richard, if you look at the covenant and if you think about it, if you get out one of these extraordinary, a book of orders as it's called that the presbyterians have, it's so democratic, you know, you immediately want to convert. [laughter] i mean, it's just terrific. if you're a democrat, that is. [laughter] because they have checks and balances built into them. they have all kinds of freedom of information and speech built into them. this then becomes the template for the american constitution. in many ways, it was these dissident calvinists who waged the revolutionary be war against the anglican brits. i co
be in wilson -- in wilson's time, women, it was unthinkable that a woman could be a minister. now there are many presbyterian ministers just as there are many women rabbis. the same is true now of homosexual ministers in the presbyterian church and in the episcopalian church and in reformed judaism too. so what we see then is a way in which the constitution changes over time. now, if you look at -- i have a definition of the covenant that comes from ryan hold -- brother richard, if you look at...
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and met woodrow wilson. i fell in love and got married. allen was not only a loving wife, she was a capable housemate. woodrow wilson was at really a fan, but he may have suffered from a learning disorder. he was almost 12 before he learned how to read. he had great difficulty in learning foreign languages, so alan learned german in order to translate the political monographs that he needed for his research. she also made digests of political science books in english for him. with her help, he achieved the first of his ambitions, which was to be a professor at his alma mater in princeton, untreated university. once he became a professor at princeton, he was a popular professor. he began to be invited to make speeches and she helped him a great deal of his speeches as well, providing those apt quotations when he needed them. he was invited to give a very important speech for the 150th anniversary, the founding of princeton. and they collaborated closely on that speech. we found manuscripts with corrections in both the buyer and ratings and
and met woodrow wilson. i fell in love and got married. allen was not only a loving wife, she was a capable housemate. woodrow wilson was at really a fan, but he may have suffered from a learning disorder. he was almost 12 before he learned how to read. he had great difficulty in learning foreign languages, so alan learned german in order to translate the political monographs that he needed for his research. she also made digests of political science books in english for him. with her help, he...
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wilson didn't want to talk to him. walter hines page went to wilson avenue summer home, and literally waited on the president's front porch because he felt wilson had to be acknowledging some that he was trying to ignore. .. advertisement for the work of a man named richard harding davis, by far the most famous american journalist of his age. good friend of theodore roosevelt. he covered japanese war. very, very famous guy. as soon as the war broke out he was in mexico when it broke out. he got on the first ship he could to new york, the first ship to europe lusitania, in order to get to europe to cover the war. americans paid attention to the war from the very beginning. they knew this was single most important event to happen in their lifetimes. they knew it was already affecting them directly. when the war broke out, united states had no way to transfer gold, american currency was based in gold. european countries sold stocks in new york city, getting cash, taking the gold out of the united states. if that continued
wilson didn't want to talk to him. walter hines page went to wilson avenue summer home, and literally waited on the president's front porch because he felt wilson had to be acknowledging some that he was trying to ignore. .. advertisement for the work of a man named richard harding davis, by far the most famous american journalist of his age. good friend of theodore roosevelt. he covered japanese war. very, very famous guy. as soon as the war broke out he was in mexico when it broke out. he got...
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and it was clear that wood wilson was destined -- woodrow wilson was destined for greater things. now, ellen loved being a professor's wife. for her, that was the pinnacle of happiness. but she knew that woodrow had more ambition, in fact, that's partly what had drawn her to him. she once said i can be a great wife to a great man than a small one. so when wilson was elected president of princeton college, she went along. she moved her house, she began to entertain, she had to entertain former president theodore roosevelt and the great african-american educator booker t. washington. this last rather scandalized the georgia aunts. and woodrow wilson was, again, very successful. he was so successful that he began to think of a career in public service which is what he had really always wanted. and he began to be discussed for governor of new jersey. but in 1906 with his rosy prospect ahead of them, a tragedy befell the wilsons. woodrow wilson woke up one morning in may blind in his left eye. he'd probably had a mini stroke. he was 49 years old. and he was devastated. the doctors told
and it was clear that wood wilson was destined -- woodrow wilson was destined for greater things. now, ellen loved being a professor's wife. for her, that was the pinnacle of happiness. but she knew that woodrow had more ambition, in fact, that's partly what had drawn her to him. she once said i can be a great wife to a great man than a small one. so when wilson was elected president of princeton college, she went along. she moved her house, she began to entertain, she had to entertain former...
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woodrow wilson was very successful. he was so successful that he began to think of a career in public service which is what he had always wanted. he began to be discussed for governor of new jersey. but in 1906 this rosy prospects ahead of them a tragedy be phil wilsons. woodrow wilson woke up one morning in may, blind in his left thigh. he probably had a ministroke. he was 49 years old. he was devastated. the doctor told him he might have to give up his career entirely. there was no medication for hypertension in those days. they told him that he could recover if he just took regular vacations. so in january of 1907 he went to bermuda for a month. ellen was planning to go with him but she didn't because at last moment she had a family emergency. he went and two days before he was due to come home he met a fascinating woman, mary allan hubbard pack, leading social hostess of the island. she entertained the governor general and mark twain. when woodrow got back to princeton he started to write to her. this is not unusual
woodrow wilson was very successful. he was so successful that he began to think of a career in public service which is what he had always wanted. he began to be discussed for governor of new jersey. but in 1906 this rosy prospects ahead of them a tragedy be phil wilsons. woodrow wilson woke up one morning in may, blind in his left thigh. he probably had a ministroke. he was 49 years old. he was devastated. the doctor told him he might have to give up his career entirely. there was no medication...
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i didn't write about wilson we have about three pages on james wilson in our eight volumes. you know. specifically on james wilson, but he is a very interesting person and he came from scotland. in 1765 and then very quickly got involved in revolutionary activities in the 70s. he was very well educated. he had gone to saint andrews and scotland. philosophy history political theory and all of that show throughout his career he was never trained specifically as a lawyer. but he became he read law i think was john dickinson. but i'm trying to remember i finished these volumes in 2006 and since then have been living in the 20th century. so it's hard to remember all of this. but i think he certainly had a political theory when he was a delegate to the constitutional convention and was very important in that convention and in the pennsylvania ratifying convention. where he easily convinced them that they should vote for the constitution and he very much wanted to be chief justice. there is no question. and george washington was a very shrewd administrator and understood character
i didn't write about wilson we have about three pages on james wilson in our eight volumes. you know. specifically on james wilson, but he is a very interesting person and he came from scotland. in 1765 and then very quickly got involved in revolutionary activities in the 70s. he was very well educated. he had gone to saint andrews and scotland. philosophy history political theory and all of that show throughout his career he was never trained specifically as a lawyer. but he became he read law...
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and so i would conclude by saying why wilson matters, wilson would have seen all this. there's nothing new that wilson would not have seen and what is going on today. >> that's why i like to include my talk with a page i can't find which is the last statement on the handout sheet that i have. it's this famous just, ... princeton in the nation's service tends towards a graduate and others of you may be in princeton, this is the princeton motto, princeton in the nation's service. the world memory must be kept alive, we shall never see an end to the old state. the endangered to you lose our identity and become infantile for every generation. i need not tell you that i believe in full explicit instruction in history and politics. experience of people and fortunes of government means the whole story of what men have attempted and what they had accomplished through all the changes both form and purpose. then i'll stick to the end. you do not know the world until you know them that have resisted and tried in ways before you were ever given good grief from. and there is no sani
and so i would conclude by saying why wilson matters, wilson would have seen all this. there's nothing new that wilson would not have seen and what is going on today. >> that's why i like to include my talk with a page i can't find which is the last statement on the handout sheet that i have. it's this famous just, ... princeton in the nation's service tends towards a graduate and others of you may be in princeton, this is the princeton motto, princeton in the nation's service. the world...
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a i had seen pictures of woodrow wilson and woodrow wilson and i can to the conclusion that he was cerebral and cool, that he was a stern schoolmaster, that he was the prim presbyterian. i knew very little about his first wife, ellen askin wilson and i decided she couldn't possibly have been interesting or important. i've never even heard about mary ellen hobart pack, which are wilson's intimate friend for eight years. i had heard about edith bolling galt even in everything i heard was bad, she was a power-hungry woman who seized power when woodrow wilson had a stroke, that she was a secret woman president. fortunately i live right here in washington d.c. and just up the hill behind us is the library of congress, the sponsor of this great event. and it is a temple of learning and a fabulous resource for researchers. so, i started reading woodrow wilson's letters to alan acts can in 1883, just after they became engaged. they had a two-year engagement and wrote each other hundreds of letters. and what i discovered when it is reading the letters is yes, he was very cerebral, but he was far fro
a i had seen pictures of woodrow wilson and woodrow wilson and i can to the conclusion that he was cerebral and cool, that he was a stern schoolmaster, that he was the prim presbyterian. i knew very little about his first wife, ellen askin wilson and i decided she couldn't possibly have been interesting or important. i've never even heard about mary ellen hobart pack, which are wilson's intimate friend for eight years. i had heard about edith bolling galt even in everything i heard was bad, she...
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they weren't waiting for woodrow wilson. she said, america is is the last stand of humanities on earth. realization of a dream and fulfillment of an ideal. since 1914, britain and france had been fighting for that ideal but not the united states. then she wrote, under the domination of the prussians, imperial germany now threatened those values not only in europe but america itself. it had broken loose something terrible, something that must be killed or the world dies. in my view, what she is saying is, by february 1917 when she sat down to write that, america's policy of neutrality had made this country more at danger, more at risk, rather than more safe. it was now time to step up and take positive action to make sure that the that the country didn't end and the world didn't die. i think what happens is, by november 1918 when the germans put down their weapons, people like mary roberts reinhardt think the job is done. they don't want to follow woodrow wilson into the high ideals that jennifer mentionedded the last time. t
they weren't waiting for woodrow wilson. she said, america is is the last stand of humanities on earth. realization of a dream and fulfillment of an ideal. since 1914, britain and france had been fighting for that ideal but not the united states. then she wrote, under the domination of the prussians, imperial germany now threatened those values not only in europe but america itself. it had broken loose something terrible, something that must be killed or the world dies. in my view, what she is...
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woodrow wilson. the book is titled untold power the fascinating rise and complete sex legacy of first lady edith wilson. before we start, i want to let you know that we will save of time for some questions at the end, so please feel free to type those in the bottom. during the course of our discussion. and as i mentioned, we are happy to be co-hosting this women on wednesday with the first lady's initiative at agu and especially thrilled that the director of the first lady's initiative, our friend anita mcbride, is here tonight as well. anita, as i'm sure many of you know, is the former chief of staff for first lady laura bush and earlier in her career was the director of presidential personnel for ronald reagan and george h.w. bush. anita, let me have you set the stage a bit for our discussions tonight and just talk about what we can learn from the study of first ladies and their significant contributions to our history. thank you so much, betsy. i'm really thrilled to be here with you tonight and w
woodrow wilson. the book is titled untold power the fascinating rise and complete sex legacy of first lady edith wilson. before we start, i want to let you know that we will save of time for some questions at the end, so please feel free to type those in the bottom. during the course of our discussion. and as i mentioned, we are happy to be co-hosting this women on wednesday with the first lady's initiative at agu and especially thrilled that the director of the first lady's initiative, our...
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, not 22 woodward wilson had put there, really built upon it and what wilson wanted to do, it's kind of ironic because most people's image of wilson is a very presbyterian minister son, in fact he was extremely human, he was extremely emotional and very passionate in what he wanted to do above all this is to humanize the presidency. so where theodore roosevelt had created a relationship with the press, word word wilson wanted to advance that and what he did was hold press conferences which are president had never done before, everything he did was toward personalizing the white house and toward that and wilson came in with the most aggressive, progressive agenda that we had seen and he brought about largely through this process of humanization and he did it by showing up at the congress. wilson had an extremely per kill your view of how the legislative branch and the executive branch should function. he thought being a political scientist that the two branches, get ready, you have to work with me on this. [laughter] he thought they should cooperate caught back he thought literally th
, not 22 woodward wilson had put there, really built upon it and what wilson wanted to do, it's kind of ironic because most people's image of wilson is a very presbyterian minister son, in fact he was extremely human, he was extremely emotional and very passionate in what he wanted to do above all this is to humanize the presidency. so where theodore roosevelt had created a relationship with the press, word word wilson wanted to advance that and what he did was hold press conferences which are...
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wilson often went to meetings with the president. was briefing her for years on all the memorandums he was seeing so the doctor said you really know what is going on. why don't you just start to make the decisions on what we bring to the president each day and that is what she did. he really had nothing to do with that decision of that and being an invalid. >> host: as a little preview c-span is doing the first lady program every monday night and this week it happens to be ellen and edith wilson. ellen versus edith, who wins? >> ellen i'm sorry to say is one of the great forgotten first ladies because she was a first lady for such a short time. they moved into the white house in 1913, she died in summer of 1914. people know very little about her but she was fascinating. will some trusted her entirely even back to their school days when he was a college professor and she was a professor and president's wife. she was only there to edit his articles, his speeches, he had complete faith in her judgment, came up with some wonderful sugges
wilson often went to meetings with the president. was briefing her for years on all the memorandums he was seeing so the doctor said you really know what is going on. why don't you just start to make the decisions on what we bring to the president each day and that is what she did. he really had nothing to do with that decision of that and being an invalid. >> host: as a little preview c-span is doing the first lady program every monday night and this week it happens to be ellen and edith...
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so wilson and madison had a big debate. wilson's became a very distinguished us supreme court justice, and he died. alas, in death. it was a sad ending to a heroic career, but right now we're about to see the very first draft of the us constitution written by james wilson. okay, so now we are going to see the rarest draft of the us constitution in american history, the very first draft. many of us know the copy of archives, but that was the final copy. every important document has a draft and this is it. it was drafted on july 24, 1787. remember the constitutional convention begins begins on may 25th. i remember that because the address of the national constitution center is 525 arch street in philadelphia, 525 is may 25th and to months later was the first time that the committee created this draft of the constitution. so how did it end up here? well, it belongs to the historical society of pennsylvania. and james wilson died in 1789, the year that the bill of rights was proposed. he gave this document, along with a bunch o
so wilson and madison had a big debate. wilson's became a very distinguished us supreme court justice, and he died. alas, in death. it was a sad ending to a heroic career, but right now we're about to see the very first draft of the us constitution written by james wilson. okay, so now we are going to see the rarest draft of the us constitution in american history, the very first draft. many of us know the copy of archives, but that was the final copy. every important document has a draft and...
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sometimes wilson biographies have a chapter and usually the chapters about african-american -- wilson and african-americans, but i think it's important to see a broader than that and in terms of reconciling it, i don't think you can. you just have to say there was this and then there was this. these things coexisted in the same man. so, i mean, maybe-- there are great president polls every time cnn does a poll may have their measurements of what ingredients of greatness and wilson stock in those polls, he slipped this year-- or last year from number six to number 10 and he's usually been in the top four or five and i'm convinced it's because of the recent discussions about race and that is a discussion we need to have, but not referring to race, just how we can polarize our discussions about everything to see things in black and white, we need so much gray to discuss not just wilson, but everyone because we are just very good at putting people into categories and all good or all bad. .. but i think that it would, if we had a poll where we are measuring consequential presidents instead
sometimes wilson biographies have a chapter and usually the chapters about african-american -- wilson and african-americans, but i think it's important to see a broader than that and in terms of reconciling it, i don't think you can. you just have to say there was this and then there was this. these things coexisted in the same man. so, i mean, maybe-- there are great president polls every time cnn does a poll may have their measurements of what ingredients of greatness and wilson stock in...
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inmate 265975, inmade wilson, let good, wilson. i said as i left, just so they knew. i rode up in he elevator with a black female bailiff. a grandmotherly type. her hear set, uniform pressed. she smelled nice. nothing in prison smells lifestyle. you have a good judge, said. she's a fair lady. whattor sentence? life, oh, she said as her face dropped. for lifers she knew there was no good news. well, good luck. oh, judge was on her eye see. studying me as i entered. how many men like me have she seen today i wondered. how many this week? how many this month? the jury box was empty but the public benches were packed with four people, mostly women and children, waiting for loved ones to be called and i searched the crowd. but nobody looked back. all these friends and families were near other prisoners. i knew nobody was coming for me. the only person there for me, my pro-bono lawyer, keith, was laughing and joking with the state's attorney. i had known keying for more than seven years. trusted him with my life. so when i saw him laugh wig the state's attorney it threw me
inmate 265975, inmade wilson, let good, wilson. i said as i left, just so they knew. i rode up in he elevator with a black female bailiff. a grandmotherly type. her hear set, uniform pressed. she smelled nice. nothing in prison smells lifestyle. you have a good judge, said. she's a fair lady. whattor sentence? life, oh, she said as her face dropped. for lifers she knew there was no good news. well, good luck. oh, judge was on her eye see. studying me as i entered. how many men like me have she...